NaNoWriMo: an Invocation

Here's a poem/prayer for all you wrimos out there. Just my way of cheering you on. :)



Write what you know. Write what you knew. Write what you’ve done. Write where you’ve been. Write what you’ve seen, what you’ve heard, what you’ve touched. Write who you are. Write what you believe. Write what you know but could never believe. Write what hurts you to think about. Write what makes you laugh every time you think about it. Write what makes you cry. Write what makes you think. Write what you know.

Write what you don't know. Write what makes you have doubts. Write what you wish you knew. Write what you wish the world was like. Find out what's wrong with that world. Write a way to fix it. Write what makes you think that we're doomed. Write a way to fix it. Write what makes you despair. Write a way to fix it. Write a maze. Get stuck for days. Write a way out. Write your way into a corner. Write your way out. Write what you think is impossible. Write what you think is impossible to write. Write what you don’t know.

Write the most beautiful things you’ve ever imagined. Write the most beautiful you ever felt. Write the first thing that makes you smile in the morning. Write the last thing that makes your heart jump before sleeping. Write the things you’ve imagined but could never make happen. Write the things you’ve planned and never had the means to do. Write the beautiful things in the world you want to see, write the beautiful things in the world you see every day. Write everything you see or think or remember that’s beautiful.

Write things that make you doubt your own sanity. Write things that make you doubt your genius. Write things that make you lose faith in humanity. Write the ugliest things you've seen. Write the things that shock you, write the things that shook you, write the things that left you lying flat on your back with the air knocked out of your lungs gasping for breath. Write the things you should have done, write the things you could have done, write the things you would have done if only you knew then what you know now.

Write a way to make it work, write a way to make amends, write a way to re-write history. Write a way to come to your own rescue and I promise you, promise you, that if you can do all this, that you will find out you have done the impossible. Write a way to overcome your fears, write a way to overcome your doubts, write a way to overcome your issues and I promise you, promise you, that when you read what you have written, that you will have done just that.